What kind of people were they? Were they kind or selfish were they practically minded or dreamers? Did they

What kind of people were they? Were they kind or selfish, were they practically minded or dreamers? Did they harbour big ambitions or were they, as we must suppose, creatures of the small horizon, living out their lives in an impoverished backwater of the Soviet Union. Too many of their kind had gone to death in the previous few weeks. When the Nazis arrived, the Jews of Domachevo would have known what to expect. What the poet Paul Celan called "death the master from Germany" reigned supreme in the remote fastnesses of Belarus Of these two vanished women we know little. Two ordinary Jewish women who one morning half a century ago found themselves staring into the eyes of Anthony Sawoniuk They would hardly have hoped for mercy.

TWO DEATHS out of 6 million A tiny sliver of a great evil. The current series of Late Review has rotated 15 critics, with appearances by the three Ps together forming easily a minority of editions "Why are the guests always journalists?" he asks Novelists and historians are well-represented. We don't use producers, actors, and publishers because those involved in an artform are usually reluctant to criticise it. MARK LAWSONPresenterLate Review, BBC2London W1. The BMWs remained inside.The following morning the forecourt was back to normal - not a Rover in sight.SIMON ALLENMunich, Germany.

Sir: Your listings writer Gerard Gilbert asks of BBC2's Late Review: "How did Allison Pearson, Tony Parsons and Tom Paulin get this one sewn up?" (Thursday Review, 1 April). All of the forecourt vehicles were being re- arranged. By Wednesday morning a selection of Rover vehicles were set before the ladies and gentlemen of the press. On my homeward journey on Tuesday evening I could see the staff preparing for, it now transpires, the Longbridge announcement ("Rover plant rescued by pounds 150m grant", 1 April). For children in my daughter's position the CSA is a toothless dog.NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED.